Tex Winter

When Knicks owner Jim Dolan hired Phil Jackson as president of basketball operations in March 2014, the former Bulls coach acknowledged former Bulls general manager Jerry Krause at his introductory news conference.

"Jerry Krause, his attitude toward doing this job I'm charged with doing is the map for me," Jackson said then. "He was very thorough, very comfortable and very committed to finding out information about players that would help create teams that could win."

The gesture pleased Krause, whose falling out with Jackson as the Bulls' dynasty was dismantled in 1998 created longtime angst.

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